Meaning of Pyjamas | Babel Free

Definitions

1. British standard spelling of pajamas (“clothes for sleeping in”).
   plural, plural-only
2. British standard spelling of pajamas (“loose trousers worn by men and women in South Asia”).
   plural, plural-only
3. British standard spelling of pajamas.
   plural, plural-only

Equivalents

Examples

“The performer opens one of the small drawers and takes out two sets of pyjamas.”

“She wasn′t sure if Lena looked more surprised by her clobbering hug or the sight of her pyjamas on the bright New York City sidewalk.”

“There was a Delhi embroidered waistcoat to slip over a milky white shirt, fastening to the right, ample and flowing; green pyjamas with twisted silk waist-string; and that nothing might be lacking, russia leather slippers, smelling divinely, with arrogantly curled tips.”

“They too revert to simpler, non-western clothes—saris, dhotis, and pyjamas.”

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